Exam 15: Salivary Glands and Tonsils

Children have ______________ palatine tonsils.

The _______________ tonsil is also known as the adenoid.

Name the three major salivary glands.

Serous secretions are ________ protein and ________ carbohydrate.

Myoepithelial cells located on the pharyngeal tonsils help move secretions toward the oral cavity.

Pharyngeal tonsils are covered in stratified squamous epithelium or respiratory epithelium.

Seromucous glands,which underlie the palatine tonsils,perform which function?

The function of amylase is to aid in the digestion of _____________________.

Lingual tonsils have ____________ crypts.

Serous acinar cells secrete into the lumen of the acinus and then drain directly into intercalated ducts.

Leukocytes from the gingival crevices and lymphocytes from the tonsils,which are found in saliva,are known as __________ ____________.

Tonsils contain cells that secrete saliva.

The major salivary glands contribute ______ of saliva.